Michael Hepburn

Michael Hepburn

Hepburn at the 2016 Tour of Britain.
Personal information
Full name Michael David Hepburn
Nickname Heppy
Born (1991-08-17) 17 August 1991
Brisbane, Australia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current team Orica–Scott
Discipline Track and road
Role Rider
Rider type Endurance (track)
Prologue specialist (road)
Professional team(s)
2010–2011 Team Jayco-Skins
2012– GreenEDGE
Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
2 TTT stages (2014, 2015)

One-Day Races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2014)

Michael Hepburn (born 17 August 1991[1]) is an Australian track and road cyclist from Brisbane.[2] Hepburn started competitively cycling at 14 years of age after making the change from triathlons.[3][4]

Sporting achievements

Some of Hepburn's notable achievements include winning the Under 23 road race in the Australian Open Road Championships[5] (at just 18 years of age) and winning the teams pursuit in the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark.[6] He first truly caught the eye of the Australian cycling community back in 2009 when he broke the world record in the U19 3000m Individual Pursuit at the 2009 Australian Track Championships[7] before going on to break the same world record two more times to win at the 2009 Junior World Championships[8] in Russia. He recently competed at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal in the Individual pursuit and a gold in the Team pursuit.[9]

It was announced on 8 November 2011 that Hepburn would join the GreenEDGE team for their inaugural season in 2012.[10]

Career achievements

Track

2009
UCI Junior World Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
National Junior Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
1st Omnium
UCI Track World Cup
1st Team pursuit (Beijing)
1st Team pursuit (Melbourne)
2010
Commonwealth Games
1st Team pursuit
3rd Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
1st Omnium, National Track Championships
1st Team pursuit (Melbourne), UCI Track World Cup
2011
UCI Track World Championships
1st Team pursuit
3rd Individual pursuit
Oceania Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
National Track Championships
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Individual pursuit
3rd Points race
2012
2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2013
UCI World Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Individual pursuit
2016
1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games

Road

2009
Tour of the Murray River
1st Stages 11 & 12
2010
1st Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
3rd Rogaland GP
9th Memorial Davide Fardelli
2011
1st Stage 2 Glava Tour of Norway
1st Prologue Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
2nd Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
2nd Gran Premio della Liberazione
3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
6th Overall Olympia's Tour
2012
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
2013
2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Duo Normand (with Jens Mouris)
2014
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2015
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
2016
3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2017
1st Stage 2 Bay Classic Series
4th Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 154 160 150 122
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Jayco-Skins team page". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Cycling Australia Profile: Michael Hepburn". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Cycling Australia Profile: Michael Hepburn". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "AOC competitor profile: Michael Hepburn". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Hepburn wins Australian U23 road title". SBS Cycling Central. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  6. ↑ "Three-man Australia win world team pursuit gold". SBS Cycling Central. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  7. ↑ "Athlete Profile: Michael Hepburn". Cadence Cycling. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  8. ↑ "Cycling Australia Profile: Michael Hepburn". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Michael Whiting. "Brookfield's Michael Hepburn wins gold". Westside News. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  10. ↑ "GreenEdge completes 2012 roster with Durbridge, Hepburn". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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